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☆ Iran-backed Houthi rebels just shot down an MQ-9 Reaper, costing the US another $30 million combat drone
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Houthi rebels shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone off the coast of Yemen on Monday, two US officials confirmed to Business Insider. A Pentagon spokesperson said the rebels used a surface-to-air missile to take down the drone, which has not yet been recovered by the US. Photo by Houthi Movement via Getty ImagesThe incident comes less than three months after the Houthis shot down an American Reaper drone off the coast of Yemen as the aircraft was flying through international airspace. These capabilities make the Reaper useful in the US efforts to stop Houthi missiles before they fire at international shipping. Photo by Houthi Movement via Getty ImagesThe downed Reaper drone was not the only escalatory move by the Houthis over the past two days.

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☆ A wider war doesn’t suit Iran, even as it benefits from rising tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The strikes risk further fanning the flames of a wider regionaI conflict that neither the US nor the Houthis’ backers in Iran appear to want. Houthi rebels launched a series of attacks on commercial ships and Western military vessels in the Red Sea, a major artery for international trade. Houthi forces seize and board the cargo ship Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on November 19, 2023. The clashes will also continue to give Tehran leverage, argues IISS’s Momtaz, as evidenced by the strikes in Yemen on Thursday. “They need to restore freedom of navigation and secure international trade in the Red Sea while continuing to make sure that the other fronts don’t escalate into a real war.”

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[1/3] Yemenis gather during a pro-Palestinian protest to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, October 20, 2023. Some demanded military action against Israel, others said Arab states should consider using other methods to stop the bombardment of Gaza. Egypt borders Gaza but has not been able to negotiate an opening of its crossing to allow in aid. Hundreds of people marched in central Tunis, a smaller protest than ones that have rallied there against Israel's Gaza campaign in recent days. On Iraq's border with Jordan, hundreds of supporters of Iran-backed paramilitary groups staged a sit-in to voice support for Gaza, brought in by bus.

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☆ Saudi Arabia welcomes positive results of talks to support peace process in Yemen
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CAIRO, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia welcomed positive results from discussions to reach a road map supporting the peace process in Yemen, the kingdom's foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, after Houthi negotiators' talks with the Saudis in Riyadh. Houthi enovys left Riyadh on Tuesday after a five-day round of talks with Saudi officials on ending the eight-year-old conflict in Yemen, sources familiar with the meeting and Houthi media said. The kingdom reaffirmed its commitment to promoting dialogue among all warring parties in Yemen, the Saudi defence minister said on Wednesday after meeting with the Houthi delegation. The Houthi delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia last week. The United States has put pressure on its ally Saudi Arabia to end the war and linked some U.S. military support to the kingdom to ending its involvement in Yemen.

Persons: Houthi enovys, Prince Khalid bin Salman, Enas Alashray, Chris Reese Organizations: Saudi, UN, United Nations, United, Thomson Locations: CAIRO, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Riyadh, Houthi, Saudi, Iran, United States

☆ Stampede in Yemen Kills 78 People Gathering to Receive Holiday Donations
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Vivian Nereim | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At least 78 people died in a stampede in Yemen while gathering to receive charitable donations from local merchants ahead of a major Islamic holiday, a sign of how desperate many Yemenis have become after eight years of a civil war that has deepened poverty and hunger in the Arab world’s poorest country. The Houthis’ health ministry said on Thursday that 77 people were injured in the stampede, with 13 of them in critical condition. A Houthi interior ministry spokesman, Brig. However, two witnesses told The Associated Press that before the stampede, armed Houthi militia members had fired guns into the air, hitting an electrical wire and causing the crowd to panic. The crowd had gathered in hope of receiving the equivalent of about $10 each from a charity funded by local businessmen, the report said.

☆ Houthis try to reassure skeptics they won’t seek full control of Yemen, as Saudis eye exit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“If we were not looking for full control during the war, then we will not look for full control at any other time,” al-Houthi told CNN. It spiraled into a wider war in 2015 when a Saudi-led coalition intervened in an attempt to beat back the Houthis. A Saudi delegation arrived in Sanaa on Sunday for talks with the Houthis aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire. The Houthi leader told CNN he expected Saudi Arabia to ensure the departure of all foreign forces, including the UAE, from the country. “We are in agreement (with the Saudis) that we need all foreign forces to leave Yemen,” he said.

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